Author Topic: The "ABCs of BBM": Round 965! (Rules in first post)  (Read 5630690 times)

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"A" is ankle
« Reply #5200 on: July 28, 2006, 11:11:07 am »
Jack turns his ankle, but is saved from the angry, slobbering bull by a non-alcoholic rodeo clown.

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"B" is blinds
« Reply #5201 on: July 28, 2006, 11:43:57 am »
"The venetian blinds hung askew and admitted a triangle of white light, the shadow of the foreman's hand moving into it.  Joe Aguirre, wavy hair the color of cigarette ash and parted down the middle, gave them his point of view."    [short story]

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"C" is can
« Reply #5202 on: July 28, 2006, 12:13:13 pm »
Jack: " Pretty good with a can opener.”

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"D" is dismissive
« Reply #5203 on: July 28, 2006, 12:44:07 pm »
Ennis was dismissive of Jack's wishes.

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"E" is enticing
« Reply #5204 on: July 28, 2006, 12:50:39 pm »
"Jack makes his way through the crowded streets, entering the seedier part of the town.  Hookers stand in doorways, enticing passersby.  The sidewalks are crowded with vendors."       [screenplay]

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"F" is fury
« Reply #5205 on: July 28, 2006, 12:55:16 pm »
Alma and the girls stare at Ennis, stunned and wide-eyed: they have witnessed a kind of fury in him that they have never seen before.   [screenplay]


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"G" is grunted
« Reply #5206 on: July 28, 2006, 01:16:58 pm »
Ennis endearingly grunted his way through the film.

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"H" is hurries
« Reply #5207 on: July 28, 2006, 01:20:44 pm »
"The bear hurries off into the brush."   [screenplay]

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"I" is individual
« Reply #5208 on: July 28, 2006, 01:42:12 pm »
One of Brokeback Mountain's themes is the individual vs. society.
"chewing gum and duct tape"

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"J" is jobless
« Reply #5209 on: July 28, 2006, 01:57:57 pm »
In 1964, Jack walked out of Aguirre's trailer jobless, friendless, and scared.